I've always had a dim view of the French Revolution, so I found Burke's 1790 impressions of it fascinating. He wrote before the Terror started, but he had a very clear idea as to what was coming - and predicted the rise of a military dictatorship as the end game for the Revolution.

For a modern reader, this book can be hard to get started with - 18th century prose was written in a fairly dense style. It's worth it though, and this little book is a fairly quick read, at 252 pages. I think the book still has relevance today - it would be interesting to be able to get Burke's thoughts on the modern world - America, the EU, or his native UK. Plenty of food for thought in this tome.